serk

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English serc, from Proto-West Germanic *sarki.

Pronunciation

Noun

serk (plural serkes)

  1. A shirt used as an undergarment (e.g. an undershirt or chemise)

Descendants

  • English: sark
  • Scots: sark, serk

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse serkr (“shirt”), from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz.

Noun

serk m (definite singular serken, indefinite plural serker or serkar, definite plural serkene or serkane)

  1. undergarment for women, chemise

Derived terms

Old Frisian

Ēn serk.

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *sarcus, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos). Compare modern Dutch zerk.

Pronunciation

Noun

serk m

  1. gravestone

References

  1. ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29

Old Norse

Noun

serk

  1. accusative/dative singular indefinite of serkr
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